Son of Zilman and Mary Ann Wood.
Married: Mattie B. Simmons.
Biography:
Excerpts from History of Kentucky, Illustrated, 1885, by
Battle, Perrin, and Kniffin. Appeared in the Central City Messenger and Times-Argus, Central City, Kentucky, in seven installments during May, June, and July 1959.
LDS film # 09962913,
John Wood Was A Republican Baptist Farmer-Lumberman in County in 1883
JOHN H. WOOD, a native of Muhlenberg County, was born May 4, 1846. His father, Zilman Wood, was also a native Kentuckian, a farmer and a boatman. He died in 1858, aged sixty years; his widow, Mary (Kirtley) Wood, of Muhlenberg
County, still survives him, aged fifty-nine years; she was born in 1826; her children were seven in number, four areliving: James W., Elias, Sarah E. and John H.
After the death of his father, John H. remained with his mother, and worked on the farm for her support, until after the close of the war in 1865.
On the 25th of October, of that year, he married Mattie B., a daughter of William H. and Melissa C. Simmons, of Muhlenberg County; she was born March 22,1846. One daughter, Ida, a young lady of seventeen, is their only child.
Mr. Wood, in early life received a good education. After marriage he bought 240 acres of land in the county of Muhlenberg, and continued farming, in connection with the log and lumber trade, in which he has been very
successful. He is an energetic man of business; his farm and buildings are among the best of this
section; his dwelling, an excellently built frame, is the work of his own hands, he having acquired the carpenter and joiner's trader, which he followed during
the Rebellion. Mr. Wood is a Republican; he has no political aspirations. He is a member of the Baptist faith, while his wife and daughter are members of the
Methodist Church. Mr. Wood is an advocate of the temperance cause, though his views on the subject are not severe.
The house is still standing along with a few barns and still in the family as of 2021. Shelby Lane, Dunmor, Ky. His only child a daughter was born and married at the residence. She and her husband Terry Collier lived there with their 2 daughters. Later she lived there with her daughter Nell & her husband Shelby DeArmond. One of their sons owns the property now.
Married: Mattie B. Simmons.
Biography:
Excerpts from History of Kentucky, Illustrated, 1885, by
Battle, Perrin, and Kniffin. Appeared in the Central City Messenger and Times-Argus, Central City, Kentucky, in seven installments during May, June, and July 1959.
LDS film # 09962913,
John Wood Was A Republican Baptist Farmer-Lumberman in County in 1883
JOHN H. WOOD, a native of Muhlenberg County, was born May 4, 1846. His father, Zilman Wood, was also a native Kentuckian, a farmer and a boatman. He died in 1858, aged sixty years; his widow, Mary (Kirtley) Wood, of Muhlenberg
County, still survives him, aged fifty-nine years; she was born in 1826; her children were seven in number, four areliving: James W., Elias, Sarah E. and John H.
After the death of his father, John H. remained with his mother, and worked on the farm for her support, until after the close of the war in 1865.
On the 25th of October, of that year, he married Mattie B., a daughter of William H. and Melissa C. Simmons, of Muhlenberg County; she was born March 22,1846. One daughter, Ida, a young lady of seventeen, is their only child.
Mr. Wood, in early life received a good education. After marriage he bought 240 acres of land in the county of Muhlenberg, and continued farming, in connection with the log and lumber trade, in which he has been very
successful. He is an energetic man of business; his farm and buildings are among the best of this
section; his dwelling, an excellently built frame, is the work of his own hands, he having acquired the carpenter and joiner's trader, which he followed during
the Rebellion. Mr. Wood is a Republican; he has no political aspirations. He is a member of the Baptist faith, while his wife and daughter are members of the
Methodist Church. Mr. Wood is an advocate of the temperance cause, though his views on the subject are not severe.
The house is still standing along with a few barns and still in the family as of 2021. Shelby Lane, Dunmor, Ky. His only child a daughter was born and married at the residence. She and her husband Terry Collier lived there with their 2 daughters. Later she lived there with her daughter Nell & her husband Shelby DeArmond. One of their sons owns the property now.
Son of Zilman and Mary Ann Wood.
Married: Mattie B. Simmons.
Biography:
Excerpts from History of Kentucky, Illustrated, 1885, by
Battle, Perrin, and Kniffin. Appeared in the Central City Messenger and Times-Argus, Central City, Kentucky, in seven installments during May, June, and July 1959.
LDS film # 09962913,
John Wood Was A Republican Baptist Farmer-Lumberman in County in 1883
JOHN H. WOOD, a native of Muhlenberg County, was born May 4, 1846. His father, Zilman Wood, was also a native Kentuckian, a farmer and a boatman. He died in 1858, aged sixty years; his widow, Mary (Kirtley) Wood, of Muhlenberg
County, still survives him, aged fifty-nine years; she was born in 1826; her children were seven in number, four areliving: James W., Elias, Sarah E. and John H.
After the death of his father, John H. remained with his mother, and worked on the farm for her support, until after the close of the war in 1865.
On the 25th of October, of that year, he married Mattie B., a daughter of William H. and Melissa C. Simmons, of Muhlenberg County; she was born March 22,1846. One daughter, Ida, a young lady of seventeen, is their only child.
Mr. Wood, in early life received a good education. After marriage he bought 240 acres of land in the county of Muhlenberg, and continued farming, in connection with the log and lumber trade, in which he has been very
successful. He is an energetic man of business; his farm and buildings are among the best of this
section; his dwelling, an excellently built frame, is the work of his own hands, he having acquired the carpenter and joiner's trader, which he followed during
the Rebellion. Mr. Wood is a Republican; he has no political aspirations. He is a member of the Baptist faith, while his wife and daughter are members of the
Methodist Church. Mr. Wood is an advocate of the temperance cause, though his views on the subject are not severe.
The house is still standing along with a few barns and still in the family as of 2021. Shelby Lane, Dunmor, Ky. His only child a daughter was born and married at the residence. She and her husband Terry Collier lived there with their 2 daughters. Later she lived there with her daughter Nell & her husband Shelby DeArmond. One of their sons owns the property now.
Married: Mattie B. Simmons.
Biography:
Excerpts from History of Kentucky, Illustrated, 1885, by
Battle, Perrin, and Kniffin. Appeared in the Central City Messenger and Times-Argus, Central City, Kentucky, in seven installments during May, June, and July 1959.
LDS film # 09962913,
John Wood Was A Republican Baptist Farmer-Lumberman in County in 1883
JOHN H. WOOD, a native of Muhlenberg County, was born May 4, 1846. His father, Zilman Wood, was also a native Kentuckian, a farmer and a boatman. He died in 1858, aged sixty years; his widow, Mary (Kirtley) Wood, of Muhlenberg
County, still survives him, aged fifty-nine years; she was born in 1826; her children were seven in number, four areliving: James W., Elias, Sarah E. and John H.
After the death of his father, John H. remained with his mother, and worked on the farm for her support, until after the close of the war in 1865.
On the 25th of October, of that year, he married Mattie B., a daughter of William H. and Melissa C. Simmons, of Muhlenberg County; she was born March 22,1846. One daughter, Ida, a young lady of seventeen, is their only child.
Mr. Wood, in early life received a good education. After marriage he bought 240 acres of land in the county of Muhlenberg, and continued farming, in connection with the log and lumber trade, in which he has been very
successful. He is an energetic man of business; his farm and buildings are among the best of this
section; his dwelling, an excellently built frame, is the work of his own hands, he having acquired the carpenter and joiner's trader, which he followed during
the Rebellion. Mr. Wood is a Republican; he has no political aspirations. He is a member of the Baptist faith, while his wife and daughter are members of the
Methodist Church. Mr. Wood is an advocate of the temperance cause, though his views on the subject are not severe.
The house is still standing along with a few barns and still in the family as of 2021. Shelby Lane, Dunmor, Ky. His only child a daughter was born and married at the residence. She and her husband Terry Collier lived there with their 2 daughters. Later she lived there with her daughter Nell & her husband Shelby DeArmond. One of their sons owns the property now.
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